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Adam-D

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21st Apr 06 at 09:19

what you use and how long did it take?

mwg

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21st Apr 06 at 09:21

I just use metal polish on my alloy. Guessing its something in a bit worse condition than my wheels though

Adam-D

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21st Apr 06 at 09:25

inlet on my engine, had a quick go with some peek and a cloth helped a little but its no way shiney yet

Edd

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21st Apr 06 at 09:34

scotchbrite

SyKaTurbo

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21st Apr 06 at 09:46

Best way is to use a sandpaper flap wheel to take off all the cast finish. Then basically work through every possible grade until all the previous marks are out. I then used a proper metal polishing kit with supercut polish bar and then colour bar to finish.

Here are some pics

The finish wasnt super as i missed out 500 and 600 grade so i have taken it back to 500 to rework it.

It a fair bit of time to do it all. Also did the outer rims on my wheels but as they werent coated they soon got messy again.

[Edited on 21-04-2006 by SyKaTurbo]

mwg

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21st Apr 06 at 09:49

Wish I had the enthusiasm to do something like that in my spare time. It just takes so long to do it properly and I'd end up getting bored

Patrick

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Registered: 25th Apr 02
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21st Apr 06 at 09:57

I agree..

Thought it would be a good idea to polish my crossover pipe on my z20let. Used Nitromors to get the paint off and started rubbing away, got bored after a few days and put it back. Currently looks worse than it did originally. It will take ages to get it as shiny as I want.

stinga

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Registered: 3rd Sep 05
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21st Apr 06 at 10:36

can you use that autosol or whatever its called on alloys on alloys or does it take the laquer off...

SyKaTurbo

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21st Apr 06 at 10:45

Autosol is a metal polish. It would be pretty useless on laquered metal.

Dan A

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21st Apr 06 at 12:00

I used a buffing wheel with compound in a drill. took fookin ages